Last Update: August 12, 2022, 13:00 IST
After the success of Khelo India The Women’s Hockey League (U-21) was held here in three phases and earlier this year a similar league for U-16 girls is set to begin in the national capital’s Major Dhyan Chand Stadium from August 16 in Lucknow.
The first phase of the Pehli Khelo India Women’s Hockey League (U-16) is scheduled from August 16 to 23, in which a total of 16 teams from across the country are participating. A total of 56 matches will be played in Phase 1 and over 300 players will compete. Play The Authority of India has allocated a total of Rs 53.72 lakh for the 3 stages of the competition, which includes a prize money of Rs 15.5 lakh.
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Former coach Piyush Kumar Dubey said, “After the recent completion of the first Khelo India Women’s Hockey League Under-21, this is another big step by Khelo India and Hockey India by organizing the first Khelo India Women’s Hockey League U-16. Is.” Indian men’s hockey team.
“In the current scenario there is a lot of competition/tournament exposure only for the senior category, but especially in women’s hockey at junior and sub-junior level, they do not have enough number of tournaments and competitions where they can accelerate, assess. their training and abilities. So the introduction of such Khelo India leagues at the sub junior level will definitely play a major role in the future in terms of performance and overall development of the athletes and will also teach them how to handle such competition pressures,” Dubey added. Told.
Phase 1 and 2 of the Khelo India Women’s Hockey League (U-16) will be held in a round-robin format. The final ranking of the teams will be determined after the completion of the first 2 stages. Phase 3 will consist of classification matches where each team will play at least 3 matches.
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